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This article features the '''[[1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament]] qualifying stage'''. [[Caribbean Football Union|Caribbean]] and [[Central American Football Union|Central American]] teams entered in separate tournaments. The North American teams Canada, Mexico and the United States automatically qualified, as well as main tournament hosts [[Guatemala]] (Central America) and [[Trinidad and Tobago]] (Caribbean). Twelve Caribbean teams entered, of which one qualified and four Central American teams entered, of which two qualified.

==Caribbean==

===First round===
The scores between the Netherlands Antilles and Dominica are unknown, but the Netherlands Antilles won.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|AIA}}||0–12|'''{{fbu|20|GRD}}'''||0–7|0–5}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|BAR}}'''||3–1|{{fbu|20|VCT}}||1–1|2–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|CYM}}||0–1|'''{{fbu|20|BER}}'''||0–0|0–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|ANT}}'''||''unknown''|{{fbu|20|DMA}}|||}}
|}

===Second round===
Guyana, Jamaica and Puerto Rico entered the tournament in this round. Aruba, Haiti and Suriname were supposed to as well, but they did not.
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{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|GUY}}'''||3–1|{{fbu|20|ANT}}||2–0|1–1}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|GRD}}'''||6–2|{{fbu|20|PRI}}||4–1|2–1}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|JAM}}
|2||2||0||0||12||2||+10||'''6'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BAR}}
|2||1||0||1||7||7||0||'''3'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BER}}
|2||0||0||2||1||11||–10||'''0''' 
|}
<br>
{| cellspacing=1 width=70%
!width=25%|
!width=30%|
!width=15%|
!width=30%|
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|JAM}}
|align=center|6–2
|{{fbu|20|BAR}}
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BAR}}
|align=center|5–1
|{{fbu|20|BER}}
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|JAM}}
|align=center|6–0
|{{fbu|20|BER}}
|}

===Final Round===
Antigua and Barbuda entered the tournament this round. Group winners Jamaica qualified for the main tournament.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=165|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:gold"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|JAM}}
|3||3||0||0||21||1||+20||'''9'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|GRD}}
|3||2||0||1||4||6||–2||'''6'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|GUY}}
|3||1||0||2||3||9||–6||'''3''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|ATG}}
|3||0||0||3||1||13||–12||'''0''' 
|}
<br>
{| cellspacing=1 width=70%
!width=25%|
!width=30%|
!width=15%|
!width=30%|
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|JAM}}
|align=center|6–1
|{{fbu|20|GRD}}
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ATG}}
|align=center|1–3
|{{fbu|20|GUY}}
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|JAM}}
|align=center|6–0
|{{fbu|20|GUY}}
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ATG}}
|align=center|0–1
|{{fbu|20|GRD}}
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ATG}}
|align=center|0–9
|{{fbu|20|JAM}}
|-
|
|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|GRD}}
|align=center|2–0
|{{fbu|20|GUY}}
|}

==Central America==

===First round===
Honduras received a bye because Nicaragua withdrew.
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{{TwoLegResult|{{fbu-rt|20|SLV}}||4–5|'''{{fbu|20|PAN}}'''||3–2|1–3}}
|}

===Second round===
Costa Rica qualified directly for the main tournament because Belize withdrew. Honduras also qualified by beating Panama.
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''{{fbu-rt|20|HON|1949}}'''||3–2|{{fbu|20|PAN}}||2–1|1–1}}
|}

==Qualified for Main Tournament==
* {{fbu|20|CRC}} ''(Central American winner, but without playing)''
* {{fbu|20|HON|1949}} ''(Central American winner)''
* {{fbu|20|JAM}} ''(Caribbean winner)''

==See also==
* [[1998 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament]]

==External links==
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/concacaf-u21-98.html Results by RSSSF]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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